Download This Version in Microsoft Word format
POLLED OUT OF COMMITTEE
MAJORITY FAVORABLE
May 15, 2002
H. 5151
Introduced by Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee
S. Printed 5/15/02--S.
Read the first time April 25, 2002.
To whom was referred a Joint Resolution (H. 5151) to approve regulations of the Department of Natural Resources, relating to nongame and endangered species, designated as Regulation Document Number 2710, etc., respectfully
Has polled the Joint Resolution out majority favorable.
TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, RELATING TO NONGAME AND ENDANGERED SPECIES, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 2710, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The regulations of the Department of Natural Resources, relating to Nongame and Endangered Species, designated as Regulation Document Number 2710, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved.
SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
These regulations amend Sections 123-150 and 123-150.2 in Chapter 123 and create a new Section, 151.1 in this same chapter.
Section 123-150 addresses two additions to the State List of Endangered Wildlife Species of South Carolina, the piping plover and the gopher frog.
Section 123-150.2 addresses additions and deletions to the official state list of Nongame Wildlife in Need of Management. The piping plover is deleted from the list, being moved to the list of endangered species and the glossy ibis is deleted from the list. The spotted turtle is added to the list.
Section 123-151.1 addresses establishment of a program to manage the take, possession, and commercial trade in the spotted turtle.
This web page was last updated on Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 2:26 P.M.